1The Greenhouse Effect
785.3 Coastal erosion
21.1 Role of greenhouse gases
795.4 Displacement of communities
3Five Major Greenhouse Gases
805.5 Summary
4Carbon dioxide
815.6 Exercise
5Methane
82Ocean Acidification
6Nitrous oxide
836.1 Carbon dioxide absorption
7Fluorinated gases
846.2 Impacts on marine life
8Water vapor
856.3 Food web disruptions
9Electricity and heat production
866.4 Mitigation strategies
10Agriculture and land use
876.5 Summary
11Industry
886.6 Exercise
12Transportation
89Deforestation and Land Use
13Buildings
907.1 Causes of deforestation
14Other sources
917.2 Loss of biodiversity
151.2 Natural vs. enhanced greenhouse effect
927.3 Carbon sequestration
16Earth’s energy balance
937.4 Sustainable land management
17The enhanced greenhouse effect and climate change
947.5 Summary
18Predicting the future is difficult
957.6 Exercise
19A national and international issue
96Renewable Energy
201.3 Feedback mechanisms
978.1 Solar Power
21Different types of clouds form at different heights.
98Solar power advantages and disadvantages: Solar energy collection methods
22Ice albedo feedback
998.2 Wind power
23Carbon cycle feedbacks
100How Does a Wind Turbine Work?
24Climate research
101Why Should We Use Wind Energy?
25Modern observations
102What Are the Impacts of Wind Energy?: What Are the Different Types and Applications of Wind Energy?
26Prehistorical climate records
1038.3 Hydropower
27Theoretical climate models
1048.4 Geothermal Energy
281.4 Impact on Ecosystem
1058.5 Summary
291.5 Summary
1068.6 Exercise
301.6 Exercise
107Climate Models
31Carbon Footprint
1089.1 Understanding climate modelling
32Carbon footprint calculation
1099.2 Data collection and analysis
332.1 Calculating personal carbon footprint
1109.3 Model limitations and uncertainties
342.2 Industrial emission
1119.4 Improving climate models
35Reducing Industrial Emissions
1129.5 Summary
36HFCs
1139.6 Exercise
37Oil and Gas Production
114Appendix A: Glossary
38Other Industrial Sources
115Abated and unabated
39Trends
116Adaptation
40Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Electricity End-Use
117Anthropogenic
41Reducing Emissions from Electric Power Production
118Biodiversity
42Reducing Emissions from Transportation
119Bioenergy and biofuels: Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS)
43Reducing Emissions from Homes and Businesses
120Biomass
442.3 Transportation emissions
121Carbon credits and offsets: Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCS and CCUS)
452.4 Sustainable lifestyle choices
122Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e)
462.5 Summary
123Carbon footprint
472.6 Exercise
124Carbon market: Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and sequestration
48Rising Temperatures
125Carbon sinks
493.1 Temperature records and trends
126Circular economy
503.2 Heatwaves and droughts
127CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)
513.3 Impacts on agriculture
128Climate change
523.4 Health impacts
129Climate justice
533.5 Summary
130Climate refugees
543.6 Exercise
131COP
55Changing Weather Patterns
132Cryosphere
564.1 Increased storm intensity
133Deforestation
574.2 Precipitation patterns
134Desertification
584.3 Heatwaves and their impacts
135Ecosystem
594.4 Extreme weather events
136El Niño
60Extreme weather events
137Emissions
61Climate change and extreme weather events
138Energy transition
62Types of extreme weather events: The consequences of extreme weather events
139Flash floods
63Examples of extreme weather events
140Fossil fuels
64Human influence on extreme weather
141Glaciers
65Heatwaves
142Global warming
66Heavy rain and flooding
143Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOFs)
67Drought
144Green energy
68As the 2015 BAMS report explains:
145Green hydrogen and grey hydrogen
69Geographical reach
146Habitat fragmentation
70Real-time extreme weather attribution
147Hindu Kush Himalaya
71An evolving science
148Hydrocarbons
72Forecasted attribution
149Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
734.5 Summary
150Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
744.6 Exercise
151Industrial Revolution: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
75Melting Ice and Rising Sea Levels
152Kigali Amendment
765.1 Glacier retreat
153Kyoto Protocol
775.2 Arctic Sea ice decline
154Index
